Improvement in carriage-steps



1-". B. MORSE.

Carriage Step. No. 113,551. Patented April 11, 1871.

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FRANCIS B. MORSE, OE PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO H. D.

SMITH. & (10., OF SAME PLACE.

' Letters Patent No. 113,551, dated April 11, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-STEPSL The Schedule :efes r'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS BQMonsn, of Plantsville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticnt, have invented a new Improvement in Carriage- Steps; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents iii- Figure 1, a front View;

Figure 2, the reverse side;

Figure 3, a side view;

Figure 4, a top view of the securing-bar; and in Figure 5, a transverse sectionon line a: as.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of carriage-steps; and

It consists- First, in forming the pad, shank, and section of the loop all in one and the same piece of metal without welding.

Second, in constructing the shank in a T or similar form, whereby the brace is very greatly strengthened.

A is the pad;

B, the shank; and

C, the section of the loop by which the step is secured to the carriage.

From a piece of suitable metal, and with suitable dies, the pad A is drawn out into the shape required, flat, or nearly so, upon the upper surface, and with a rib, a, on the under surface, Then from the pad the shank is drawn out by suitable dies into avT or similar shape, as seen in fig, 5, the rib which commences underneath the pad extending along the shank through its'ien'gth up to the loop 0.

' At the point where it is desired to form the loop I split the metal from that point to the end, turning each part to the right and left to form the section of the loop, which completes the invention ready for market.

The consumer bends the step up, as denoted in broken lines, fig. 3, and gives to the shank the desired curvature.

These steps have heretofore been made, the manufactnrer furnishing only the pad with a projecting arm,

to which the consumer welds the brace or shank and 1. A carriage-step, in which the pad A, shank B,

and section of the loop C are produced in one and the same piece without welding, substantially as described.

2. The shank B of a carriage-step, fiormed of T- shape or with a rib upon one side, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth. 2

' B; MORSE.

Witnesses:

E. E. Pannoox, Asa L. FOWLER. 

